I already don’t love those Automated License Plate Readers popping up all over New Jersey. However, there’s a difference between technology helping police find a specific suspect or a missing person based on a plate the government itself issued and creating an intrusively detailed electronic record of where I go based on my privately owned devices. Significant or historical events in New Jersey for August (in chronological order) Here are some of the historical or significant events that impacted New Jersey or happened in the Garden State during the month of August.